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Establishing EAP

1. Develop a written policy stating that "the emotional well being of the employees is as important to the management as is their physical well-being. So seeking professional help for emotional problems is as legitimate as seeking medical help for physical problems".

2. Contracting the services of EAP professionals for the following purposes:

1. Designing and conducting training programmes for the employees to sharpen and enhance their skills for coping with stress and for better communication and team-work;

2. Providing confidential counselling services to the employees who are either self-referred or have been referred by the supervisors. Counselling can be provided either at workplace or, at the office the EAP professional;

3. Training the supervisory cadre to identify Employees with emotional problems on the basis of impaired job performance:

4. Identifying other resources for help in case of more advanced psychological disorders or alcohol problems.

3. Help organizations to attain higher levels of productivity with

4. At the end of one year make a critical appraisal of the services provided by the EAP professionals and gauge the extent of utilisation of these services and the impact it has made before renewing the contract. By establishing its E.A.P., the industry sends a clear signal that it deals with the human problems in ethical and humane way.